paronomasia

• Substantif désignant un jeu de mots humoristique, souvent fondé sur des calembours ou des astuces verbales utilisant la polysémie ou des sonorités proches.

A noun referring to a humorous play on words, often involving puns or wordplay that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds.

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1. Play on wordsC2formal

   A humorous or rhetorical device that uses words with similar sounds but different meanings for effect.

   Jeu de mots

   • The comedian's speech was full of clever paronomasia.
   • Shakespeare often employed paronomasia in his plays.
   • The advertisement used paronomasia to make the slogan memorable.

   Synonymespunwordplay